Vera Stamps

StampTV asked me (!) to host today’s Mix It Up Monday challenge. How about that! My “Get It Inky (Finally)!” challenge is for you to find a stamp in your collection that you have never gotten inky, and then ink it up with your favorite color. As some of you may know, that would be […]

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Zalig Pasen, as they say Happy Easter in Dutch! I sent my parents this Easter card, even did some (not-so-straight) stitching on it to please my mom. The layout I used was a Viva la Verve sketch last month. Thanks for stopping by! Stamps: Easter Joy (Verve Stamps); Rough Edges Alphabets (SU!) Paper: Pink Pirouette, […]

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It’s been such a mild winter so far here in Maryland that some days it already feels like spring. The warm temperatures have inspired me to create with spring-like colors. For Lori McAree’s January Release Party Challenge, I made a patchwork background by glueing 3/4″ squares of patterned paper on a 3″ x 4-1/2″ piece […]

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I am looking forward to another year of Jen del Muro’s “Sketches For You To Try” and hope to create cards for all 12 sketches this time around. January’s sketch was a great starting point for my father-in-law’s birthday card. He loves sailing! There are still a few days left to participate in this challenge. […]

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Here’s a 7″ tall birthday card I made today, using the first Viva la Verve sketch of this month. I paper-pieced the birthday cake from Verve’s Birthday Bash stamp set with striped Bella Birds designer paper and colored the candles with Copic markers. It was the perfect image for trying out my new Liquid Pearls, […]

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